I shared this the last time AVC interviewed William Friedkin, but screw it. When I was a kid and my family first got a VCR, for a while we only owned two VHS tapes: Risky Business and To Live and Die in LA. So I watched it several times a week. Consequently, it colored my movie-related expectations for life. In case…

Yeah, I caught up with the series after the fact, and when I watched "The Son" recently, I immediately got online to make sure he won an Emmy that season. Which he didn't. Which is crazy. Can I be mad about an Emmy snub several years after the fact?

Yeah, I caught up with the series after the fact, and when I watched "The Son" recently, I immediately got online to make sure he won an Emmy that season. Which he didn't. Which is crazy. Can I be mad about an Emmy snub several years after the fact?

Well, in their defense, Mormons are kind of "other" even in places where there are concentrations of them in the population. (I assume Utah is an exception, where they are actually a majority in parts.) So I think as a defense mechanism, kids that grow up Mormon tend to do a lot of circling up together and pointing…

Something I've found interesting about Napoleon Dynamite - and something that a lot of people don't realize - is that it has a super-distinct Mormon tone and sense of humor to it. You'd have no way of recognizing it if you didn't grow up around a bunch of Mormons, but I always tell people who like that movie, "you'd…

Something I've found interesting about Napoleon Dynamite - and something that a lot of people don't realize - is that it has a super-distinct Mormon tone and sense of humor to it. You'd have no way of recognizing it if you didn't grow up around a bunch of Mormons, but I always tell people who like that movie, "you'd…

You were actually onto something with Raekwon. I can't believe there is no hip hop on this list or even in this comment thread. One of the first songs that came to my mind is "What You Know" by T.I. No irony here - that song actually makes you feel cooler when you listen to it. I can't be the only one who values that.

You were actually onto something with Raekwon. I can't believe there is no hip hop on this list or even in this comment thread. One of the first songs that came to my mind is "What You Know" by T.I. No irony here - that song actually makes you feel cooler when you listen to it. I can't be the only one who values that.

How does it measure up to Small Wonder?

How does it measure up to Small Wonder?

I'd summarize the miniseries by saying that Part 1 is great and tense and really promising, and then Part 2 crumbles under the weight of it.

I'd summarize the miniseries by saying that Part 1 is great and tense and really promising, and then Part 2 crumbles under the weight of it.

Yeah, if only the world paid attention to the Reno media, everyone would know you scooped the hell out of LA Weekly on this.

Yeah, if only the world paid attention to the Reno media, everyone would know you scooped the hell out of LA Weekly on this.

Jackman, unlike many many celebrities, is someone who got where he is — at least in part — due to being goddamned talented.

Jackman, unlike many many celebrities, is someone who got where he is — at least in part — due to being goddamned talented.

You seem to have overlooked:

You seem to have overlooked:

Consider yourself ridiculed, DBag… Everclear. Ridiculous. LFO possesses as much artistic merit.

Consider yourself ridiculed, DBag… Everclear. Ridiculous. LFO possesses as much artistic merit.